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1 University of Illinois SWIMMING & DIVING FIGHTING ILLINI FAST FACTS Location Urbana-Champaign Enrollment ,520 Nickname Fighting Illini Colors Orange and Blue Conference Big Ten President Timothy Killeen Director of Athletics Josh Whitman Facility ARC Pool Head Coach Sue Novitsky (18th season) Oakland 91 Record at Illinois (17 seasons) Career Record (17 seasons) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Coach Elliott McGill Eastern Illinois 09 Diving Coach Manny Pollard Minnesota Address S. Fourth Street Champaign, IL Dual Meet Record Big Ten Record / Finish / 12th Swimming and Diving Contact...Kevin Cole kpcole2@illinois.edu Sports Information Director... Kent Brown Associate Director...Derrick Burson Assistant Directors... Derek Neal, Jenny Dewar, Brett Moore, Libby Knight Intern Chad Beyler, Grace Duggan Graduate Assistant...Kevin Cole Office Manager... Jen Fisher Sports Information Phone... (217) Sports Information Fax... (217) Websites... FIGHTINGILLINI.com // illiniswimming.com Facebook Twitter... Instagram... Mailing Address... Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building S. Fourth St., Champaign, IL TABLE OF CONTENTS Illinois TV Roster Season Preview....3 THE COACHING STAFF Head Coach Sue Novitsky Assistant Coach Elliott McGill Diving Coach Manny Pollard THE FIGHTING ILLINI Roster Ashley Aegerter Kristin Anderson / Gabrielle Bethke / Emma Burns Nelly Casas / Raquel Corniuk Rebecca Corzine / Adelaide Curry / Emma Curtis Rebecca Eckblad / Natalie Edwards / Erin Emme Mary Margaret Fry / Monica Guyett / Molly Hein / Kaitlyn Joyce Jamie Kolar / Kathryn Kosinski / Madeline Kuhn / Lauren LaPeter Autumn Ledgin / Emily Martin / Jimena Martinez Michelle McCord / Fiona McDermott Sascha Meyers / Haley Nelson / Aby Olson / Gabriele Serniute Samantha Stratford / Megan Vuong / Morgan Young SEASON IN REVIEW Season Recap THE RECORD BOOK Year-by-Year Results All-Time Fastest Individuals All-Time Fastest Performances All-Time Fastest Relays / Top Dives All-Time Letterwinners Coaching History Postseason History Individual & Team Awards ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 1

2 ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING ILLINOIS TV ROSTER Ashley Aegerter Sr. // Breast/IM/Fly Cross Plains, Wis. Adelaide Curry Sr. // Free Oak Park, Ill. Kristin Anderson So. // Free Palatine, Ill. Emma Curtis Fr. // Free Grand Blanc, Mich. Gabrielle Bethke Sr. // Free/Fly Champaign, Ill. Rebecca Eckblad Jr. // Free/Back Grand Blanc, Mich. Emma Burns Fr. // Diving Milford, Pa. Natalie Edwards Fr. // Free/Back/IM O Fallon, Ill. Nelly Casas Jr. // Free/Fly Oswego, Ill. Raquel Corniuk Sr. // Diving Huntington Beach, Calif. Rebecca Corzine Erin Emme Mary Margaret Fry Monica Guyett Lauren LaPeter Autumn Ledgin Fr. // Diving La Habra, Calif. So. // Free Cincinnati, Ohio Fr. // Fly/Breast O Fallon, Ill. So. // Free St. Charles, Ill. Sr. // Free/Fly/Back Darien, Ill. Jamie Kolar Kathryn Kosinski So. // Back Lincolnwood, Ill. So. // Free/Fly Friendswood, Texas Madeline Kuhn So. // Fly Hartland, Wisc. Emily Martin Jimena Martinez Michelle McCord Fr. // Back/Breast/IM Canton, Ga. Fiona McDermott Sascha Meyers Fr.. // Breast/IM Mexico City, Mexico So. // Breast/Free Palos, Ill. Sr. // Free/Fly Dearborn, Mich. So. // Back/Free Lake Forest, Ill. Jr. // Back/Fly Loves Park, Ill. Gabriele Serniute Samantha Stratford Megan Vuong Morgan Young Sue Novitsky Elliott McGill Manny Pollard Molly Hein So. // Free/Fly Mason City, Ill. Jr. // Breast/Free/IM Vilnius, Lithuania Kaitlyn Joyce Sr. // Breast/Free/Fly/IM Cambridge, Ontario Jr. // Free/Fly Mississauga, Ontario So. // Diving Wheaton, Ill. Jr. // Diving Bloomington, Ill. Head Coach 18th Season So. // Diving St. Petersburg, Fla. Haley Nelson Assistant Coach First Season SUPPORT STAFF Mike Maziarz Academic Advisor Keiko Price Administrator Ryan Deppa Office Manager ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 2 Haley Ehrlich Marketing Marissa Bainter Event Management Jr. // Back/Free Boca Raton, Fla. Aby Olson Diving Coach First Season

3 THE FIGHTING ILLINI SEASON PREVIEW The Fighting Illini women s swimming and diving team looks to build off of its recent success, following four consecutive winning seasons. Illinois will look to make it five consecutive winning seasons for the first time since the span of The Illini will look similar to a year ago, as the team graduated just three seniors from the squad. The Orange and Blue will miss Gabbie Stecker, who leaves Illinois as the school record holder in the 500 freestyle and 200 butterfly, as well Amelia Schilling and Audrey Rodawig. The three swimmers were part of the record breaking 800 freestyle relay at the Big Ten Championships, while Stecker and Rodawig each swam a leg on the best 400 medley relay time in school history. DIVING The diving team will look a little different this season, as the Orange and Blue welcome new Head Diving Coach Manny Pollard to the team. Pollard, a two-time Minnesota diver of the year, as well as a three-time All-American during his time in Minneapolis, will look to returning divers Madeline Kuhn, Lauren LaPeter and Morgan Young to lead the way for the Illini. Kuhn earned top marks for the Illini in both one-meter and three-meter diving competition. The Illini will also look to freshmen Emma Burns and Erin Emme to contribute on the boards. We expect all of our athletes to lead and set a great example, head coach Sue Novitsky said. They all have experience and are willing to work hard, so we need everyone to contribute for us to be successful. The team is still pretty young overall. We have a lot of athletes that are very versatile and that will help us tremendously in dual meets. The Illini will look to a strong senior class, headlined by Samantha Stratford, to lead the team this year. Stratford finished last season with the seven fastest 200 individual medley times for the Illini, highlighted by a school record time of 1:58.95 at the Missouri Invitational. The class also features Ashley Aegerter, who moved up to fourth on the all-time fastest individuals list with a 200 breaststroke time of 2:14.80, Kaitlyn Joyce, who places third on the fastest individuals list with a 50 butterfly time of :25.40, as well as Gabrielle Bethke, Nelly Casas, Adelaide Curry and Sascha Meyers. The junior class is led by Garbriele Serniute and Megan Vuong. Serniute finished last season with the fastest 100 breaststroke time for the Illini with a time of 1:02.84 at the Missouri Invitational, while Vuong moved up to fourth on the fastest individuals list with a 100 butterfly time of : Rebecca Eckblad, Autumn Ledgin, Aby Olson, as well as top returning diver, Madeline Kuhn round out the junior class. I expect the divers to come in and work hard and be relentless competitors, Novitsky said. I want to see them challenging themselves to be the best they can be on the boards and outside of the pool. Manny brings in a wealth of diving experience and is pushing the divers each day in practice. SCHEDULE This season s schedule will feature home meets against Indiana State, Rutgers, Northwestern, as well as the Illinois Quad Duals and the Illinois Tri-Meet. The squad will also travel to compete against Michigan State, Southern Illinois, Illinois State, Notre Dame and Nebraska. The annual Missouri Invitational will be held November in Columbia, Missouri. The Illini open the season with the annual Orange and Blue Intra-Squad Meet on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the ARC Pool. The Orange and Blue meet allows us to see how we are doing with our training, Novitsky said. Our first official meet is October 13 and we want to make sure that we are ready for that competition. Coming off of a successful freshman campaign, the sophomore class will look to continue that success this year. Jamie Kolar and Monica Guyett made quite the impact in their first year in Champaign, as the two both finished with top times on the season. Kolar posted the top 100 backstroke time on the season at the Big Ten Championships, moving up to fifth on the fastest individuals list, while Guyett finished with the top 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle times on the season. The class also features Kristin Anderson, Rebecca Corzine, Mary Margaret Fry, Molly Hein, Lauren LaPeter, Emily Martin, Fiona McDermott, Haley Nelson and Morgan Young. Illinois welcomes six new student-athletes to the program in a promising freshman class, as Emma Burns, Emma Curtis, Natalie Edwards, Erin Emme, Jimena Martinez and Michelle McCord look to make an immediate impact for the Illini. The freshmen on paper are a very talented class, Novitsky said. They continue to step up and lead in practice and will help us out in multiple events in our lineup ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 3

4 THE COACHING STAFF SUE NOVITSKY HEAD COACH // 18TH SEASON Sue Novitsky enters her 18th season as the head coach of the University of Illinois swimming and diving team. Novitsky, who joined the University of Illinois swimming and diving staff as a volunteer assistant coach in 1994, begins her 22nd season as a part of the Illini program. After three seasons of working as the volunteer coach, Novitsky was promoted to assistant coach in the fall of In August 2000, she was hired by former Director of Athletics, Ron Guenther, as the fifth head coach in the program s history. Novitsky s first year as head coach was filled with success as three Illini qualified for the NCAA Championships, and Jessica Aveyard repeated as an All-American in the 200 backstroke. Novitsky s swimmers continued their success at the national and international levels, as Aveyard and Ilkay Dikmen qualified to represent their native countries at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Aveyard, swimming for the United States, reached the semifinals in the 200 backstroke, while Dikmen, a 2000 Olympian, competed for Turkey in the 200 breaststroke. Dikmen also swam in the 2004 Olympics in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. As an assistant coach, Novitsky trained several athletes, including Aveyard, who was an NCAA qualifier, All-American and World Championship semifinalist, and Anna Christiansen, who was a three-time NCAA qualifier. In addition, Novitsky trained six former Fighting Illini athletes at the 2000 U.S. Olympic trials. As a swimmer, Novitsky was a two-time Division II All-American at Oakland University, earning a bachelor s degree in biochemistry in She was a student assistant coach for the 1991 Division II national champion Oakland Pioneers. Novitsky also earned a master s degree in kinesiology from Michigan. THE NOVITSKY FILE Hometown: Huntington Woods, Mich. Alma Mater: Oakland University, 1991 COLLEGIATE COACHING TIMELINE 2000-present Head Coach, University of Illinois Assistant Coach, University of Illinois Volunteer Coach, University of Illinois HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Coached two All-Americans and five honorable mention All-Americans. Coached a school-record four swimmers to the 2002 and 2006 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Coached two Illinois swimmers at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships. Coached six Illinois swimmers in 2000 and one in 2004 at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Division II All-American. Earned a bachelor s degree in biochemistry and master s degree in kinesiology. A native of Huntington Woods, Mich., Novitsky previously worked as an assistant coach for the Oakland Live Y ers age-group team ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 4

5 THE COACHING STAFF ELLIOTT MCGILL ASSISTANT COACH // FIRST SEASON Elliott McGill enters his first season with the program after holding the Head National Group Coaching position at the Nitro Swimming Club in Austin, Texas. Prior to coaching in Texas, the Champaign, Illinois, native was the head coach at Eastern Illinois University. At the time of hire at EIU, McGill became the youngest head coach in Division I collegiate swimming (25). Summit League honors three times under the coaching of his brother. McGill attended Champaign Central High School and he and his wife, Emily, and daughter Grace reside in Champaign. While coaching in Texas, McGill was named to the 2016 and 2017 USA Swimming National/Junior National Team Coaching lists. He was also named the 2015 South Texas Age Group Coach of the Year and was named a 2015 FItter Faster National Age Group Finalist. As head coach for the EIU swimming program, McGill's team's posted 34 school records, 150 All-Time Top Ten EIU Performances, 15 All-Summit League Athletic honors, as well as 43 All-Summit League Academic honors. The 2009 graduate of EIU earned second-team All-Summit League honors during his time in Charleston and earned both his undergraduate and master's degrees from the university. McGill has three siblings, Tyler, Colin and Sarah. Tyler, who works as the Assistant Swim Coach at Auburn University, was a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team and earned a gold medal, swimming a leg on the fastest 4x100-meter relay team in London. Colin was a member of the EIU swim team from , earning All- MANNY POLLARD DIVING COACH // FIRST SEASON Emmanuel "Manny" Pollard enters his first season with the program after being named head diving coach in July two times in 2016 after placing fifth on the platform and 13th again in 1-meter competition. During his time in Minneapolis, Pollard scored all four years at the Big Ten Championships in 1-meter, 3-meter and platform competition. He also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three times. Pollard most recently worked as a coach for the Minnesota Diving Academy, a position he held from The Albany, New York, native also comes to Champaign having had opportunities to observe Chinese diving, as well as the Beijing Diving Team. In addition, Pollard was an International English Teacher in Beijing, China from As an athlete at the University of Minnesota, Pollard garnered a number of individual accolades. A two-time Minnesota Diver of the Year, Pollard also earned All-American honors three times, once in 2015 after placing 13th in 1-meter competition, and ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 5

6 THE FIGHTING ILLINI ILLINOIS ROSTER Name Yr. Events Hometown / High School / Last Scool Ashley Aegerter Sr. Breast/IM/Fly Cross Plains, Wis. / Middleton Kristin Anderson So. Free Palatine, Ill. / Palatine Gabrielle Bethke Sr. Free/Fly Champaign, Ill. / Henry M. Gunn Emma Burns Fr. Diving Milford, Pa. / Delaware Valley Nelly Casas Sr. Free/Fly Oswego, Ill. / Oswego East Raquel Corniuk Sr. Diving Huntington Beach, Calif. / Huntington Beach Rebecca Corzine So. Fly/Breast O Fallon, Ill. / O Fallon Township Adelaide Curry Sr. Free Oak Park, Ill. / Fenwick Emma Curtis Fr. Free Grand Blanc, Mich. / Grand Blanc Rebecca Eckblad Jr. Free/Back Grand Blanc, Mich. / Grand Blanc Natalie Edwards Fr. Free/Back/IM O Fallon, Ill. / O Fallon Township Erin Emme Fr. Diving La Habra, Calif. / Troy Mary Margaret Fry So. Free Cincinnati, Ohio / Sycamore Monica Guyett So. Free St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles North Molly Hein So. Fly Hartland, Wis. / Arrowhead Kaitlyn Joyce Sr. Free/Fly/Back Darien, Ill. / Benet Academy Jamie Kolar So. Back Lincolnwood, Ill. / Loyola Academy Kathryn Kosinski So. Free/Fly Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood Madeline Kuhn Jr. Diving Bloomington, Ill. / University Lauren LaPeter So. Diving St. Petersburg, Fla. / St. Petersburg Autumn Ledgin Jr. Back/Free Boca Raton, Fla. / Grandview Prep. Emily Martin So. Free/Fly Mason City, Ill. / Illini Central Jimena Martinez Fr. Breast/IM Mexico City, Mexico / Crean Lutheran Michelle McCord Fr. Back/Breast/IM Canton, Ga. / Creekview Fiona McDermott So. Breast/Free Palos, Ill. / Lincoln-Way East Sascha Meyers Sr. Free/Fly Dearborn, Mich. / Dearborn Haley Nelson So. Back/Free Lake Forest, Ill. / Lake Forest Aby Olson Jr. Back/Fly Loves Park, Ill. / Boylan Catholic Gabriele Serniute Jr. Breast/Free/IM Downers Grove, Ill. / Downers Grove North Samantha Stratford Sr. IM/Fly/Breast/Free Cambridge, Ont. / Centennial Megan Vuong Jr. Fly/Free Mississauga, Ontario / Rick Hansen Morgan Young So. Diving Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton Warrenville South BY CLASS Seniors (8) Ashley Aegerter Gabrielle Bethke Nelly Casas Raquel Corniuk Adelaide Curry Kaitlyn Joyce Sascha Meyers Samantha Stratford Juniors (6) Rebecca Eckblad Madeline Kuhn Autumn Ledgin Aby Olson Gabriele Serniute Megan Vuong Sophomores (12) Kristin Anderson Rebecca Corzine Mary Margaret Fry Monica Guyett Molly Hein Jamie Kolar Kathryn Kosinski Lauren LaPeter Emily Martin Fiona McDermott Haley Nelson Morgan Young Freshmen (6) Emma Burns Emma Curtis Natalie Edwards Erin Emme Jimena Martinez Michelle McCord BY STATE California (2) Raquel Corniuk Erin Emme Florida (2) Autumn Ledgin Lauren LaPeter Georgia (1) Michelle McCord Illinois (16) Kristin Anderson Gabrielle Bethke Nelly Casas Rebecca Corzine Adelaide Curry Natalie Edwards Monica Guyett Kaitlyn Joyce Jamie Kolar Madeline Kuhn Emily Martin Fiona McDermott Haley Nelson Aby Olson Gabriele Serniute Morgan Young Michigan (3) Emma Curtis Rebecca Eckblad Sascha Meyers Ohio (1) Mary Margaret Fry Pennsylvania (1) Emma Burns Texas (1) Kathryn Kosinski Wisconsin (2) Ashley Aegerter Molly Hein Canada (2) Samantha Stratford Megan Vuong Mexico (1) Jimena Martinez ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 6

7 THE FIGHTING ILLINI ILLINI BIOS ASHLEY AEGERTER SENIOR // BREAST / IM / FLY // CROSS PLAINS, WIS. // MIDDLETON : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam the fastest 200 breaststroke for the Illini on the season (2:14.80), which ranks fourth on the all-time fastest individuals list... The 200 breaststroke time of 2:14.80 qualified for NCAA B Cut... Posted a career best 200 IM of 2:05.48 at the Big Ten Championships : CSCAA Scholar All-American... Academic All-Big Ten... Swam the fastest 200 breast for the Illini om the season (2:15.45), which ranks sixth on the all-time fasest individual list... Cloacked a 100 breast mark of 1:03.39 to rank seventh on the all-time fastest individual list : Set personal bests in the 100 breast (1:04.41) and the 200 breast (2:17.96) at the Big Ten Championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Four time varsity letter winner at Middleton High School... Member of Middleton High School Women s Swim and Dive team that went undefeated in dual meets from and won four consecutive Big 8 Conference championships... Received All State honors in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay... Placed 2nd in 100 breaststroke and 3rd in 200IM at State finals... Competed at YMCA Nationals... Made the 200 breaststroke finals at both USA Senior Nationals and Junior Nationals... Member of National Honors Society. PERSONAL: Born October 27, Parents are Scott and Lori Aegerter... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Health... Has two younger siblings, Jacob and Hannah... Hobbies include taking photos, drawing, painting, backpacking and rock climbing... Biggest thrill in sports is getting her best times and making herself, her team, her parents and her coaches proud of her... Plans to get a job in the health field after graduation... Her club coaches have most influenced her athletic career by pushing her to set high goals for herself and achieve them. AEGERTER S CAREER BESTS 50 Free Back Back : Breast : Breast... 2: fly fly fly...2: IM...2: IM ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 7

8 THE FIGHTING ILLINI KRISTIN ANDERSON SOPHOMORE // FREE // PALATINE, ILL. // PALATINE : Swam the third fastest 50 freestyle out of all Illini swimmers on the season (:23.50)... Posted the ninth fastest 100 freestyle time on the team at home against MSU & Marshall (10/21/16)... Part of 200 freestyle relat (1:33.85) and 200 medley relay (1:42.95) teams that posted the second fastest times on the season at the Missouri Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Illinois High School State qualifier NSCA Junior National qualifier Four-time swimming letter winner Three-time water polo letter winner Unbeaten in the MSL Conference in the 50 freestyle race during senior season 2015 IHSA All-State swimming selection Finished 13th in the 50 freestyle at the 2015 short course YMCA Nationals Personal-best 50 freestyle time of :23.63 Lifetime-best mark of :51.37 in the 100 freestyle. PERSONAL: Born July 31, Parents are Lisa and Dave Anderson... Has four brothers, Mike, Danny, Mark and Scott... Hobbies include playing music and doing puzzles... Lists biggest role model as Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ANDERSON S CAREER BESTS 50 Free Free Free... 1: Fly :00.03 EMMA BURNS FRESHMAN // DIVING // MILFORD, PA. // DELAWARE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Delaware Valley High School... Junior Olympics veteran... Has only been diving for two years. PERSONAL: Born June 13, Mother is Valerie Burns... Majoring in creative writing... Has five siblings, Jeremy, Sara, Phillip, David and Christian... Favorite hobby is writing poetry... Biggest thrill in sports is coming out of the water after ripping an entry on a dive... Lists her mom as her biggest role model. NELLY CASAS 1000 freestyle (10:41.09) SENIOR // FREE / FLY // OSWEGO, ILL. // OSWEGO EAST : Academic All-Big Ten... One of the major long distance contributors for the Illini on the season, competing in the 500 freestyle, 1000 freestlye and 1650 freestyle... Swam the seventhbest 1650 free time for the Illini on the season (17:16.54)... Posted a time of 2:05.79 in the 200 butterfly, good for eighth fastest on the season for the team... Finished in the top-10 fastest times on the season in both 500 (5:01.34) freestyle and : Academic All-Big Ten... Posted four of the Illini s top-10 times in the 1000 free on the year... Registered two of Ilinois top-three times in the 1650 free on the season : Set personal bests in the 500 free (4:54.15; ninth-best time on fastest individual list), 1000 free (10:15.76) and 1650 free (17:03.36) at the Missouri Invite... Set personal best in 200 fly (2:04.06) at the Big Ten Championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned five total varsity letters at Oswego East High School, four in swimming and one in soccer... Named All-Conference in all fours years of high school career... Sectional champion in 200 and 500 freestyle for 3 years... Competed at IHSA State finals in 2011, 2012 and Member of Delta Aquatics National and State team from PERSONAL: Born April 6, Parents are Jose Luis Casas and Sonia Obispo... Has one younger brother, Andre... Majoring in pre-med kinesiology... Hobbies include playing and listening to music, playing sports, being with friends and doing community service. CASAS CAREER BESTS 200 Free : Free...4: Free...10: Free...16: Fly Fly :02.19 GABRIELLE BETHKE SENIOR // FREE / FLY // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // HENRY M. GUNN : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam the second-fastest 50 freestyle on the season for the Illini with a time of :23.38, which places her seventh on the all-time fastest individuals list... Part of the fastest 400 freestyle relay team on the season that posted a time of 3:21.29, good for second all-time in school history... Helped post the second-fastest 200 medley relay in school history (1:40.81) at the B1G Championships... Posted the third-fastest 100 breastroke time on the season (1:03.71)... Part of the top 200 freestyle relay team that posted a time of 1:32.76 at the B1G Championships : Academic All-Big Ten... posted a personal-best time of in te 50 free to rank as the fifth-fastest individual on the all-time list... Recorded the four fastest marks in the 100 free for the Illini on the season; top time of makes her the fourth-fastest individual on the all-time list... Became the sixth fastest individual on the all-time 100 IM lst (1:00.71)... Part of the 200 free relay that posted a season-best time of 1:32.41 for the ninth-fastest time in program history... Swam the opening leg of the school record-setting 400 free relay team (3:21.08)... Part of the 400 medley relay unit that posted the third-fastest time in program history of 3: : Set personal bests in the 50 free (:23.87) and 100 free (:51.20) at the Big Ten Championships... Part of season-best 400 free relay (3:22.32) at the Big Ten Championships... Part of school-record 200 medley relay (1:39.81) at the Big Ten Championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned a total of seven varsity letters at Henry M. Gunn High School, four in swimming and three in water polo... Three time CCS qualifier, competing in 2011, 2012 and Member of 2012 & 2013 CCF League Champions... NSCA Junior National Qualifier... Three time NISCA High School All-American, twice in 200 freestyle relay and once in 400 freestyle relay... Two time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American... Named to the all-league water polo first team in Member of 2014 water polo CCS finalist team... Received AP Scholar Award... Earned NCSA Academic All-American honors. PERSONAL: Born October 18, Parents are Craig and Abigail Bethke... Majoring in engineering... Hobbies include scuba diving and traveling... Biggest thrill in sports comes from swimming in exciting relays... Plans to help save the environment following graduation. BETHKE S CAREER BESTS 50 Free Free Back : Back : Breast : Fly Fly : IM :00.71 RAQUEL CORNIUK SENIOR // DIVING // HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. // HUNTINGTON BEACH : Did not compete : Did not compete : Became the first Illini to advance to the finals on tower at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships... Set a school record in platform diving (254.85) at the Big Ten Championships... Reset the school record on the platform dive four times. CLUB: Competed with Mission Viejo Nadadores... Placed 8th in one-meter dive and 5th on platform at Age Group Nationals in Placed 1st in three-meter dive and 5th on platform at Age Group Nationals in PERSONAL: Born September 3, Parents are Joe and Diane Corniuk... Attended Huntington Beach High School... Member of National Honors Society... Graduated Magna Cum Laude... Majoring in biology... Hobbies include surfing, paddle boarding and going to the beach... Biggest thrill in sports comes from working hard and seeing that work pay off... Plans to become a marine biologist after graduation. CORNIUK S CAREER BESTS One-Meter Three-Meter Platform ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 8

9 THE FIGHTING ILLINI REBECCA CORZINE SOPHOMORE // BREAST / FLY // O FALLON, ILL. // O FALLON TOWNSHIP : Academic All-Big Ten...Part of the eighth fastest 400 medley relay time on the season that finished in a time of 3:59.01 at the Missouri Invitational... Swam a leg for the 200 medley relay team that posted the ninth best mark on the season for the Illini (1:47.39)... Contributed for the 200 freestyle relay team that posted a time of 1:39.71, the 11th fastest time on the season. HIGH SCHOOL: NCSA Junior National qualifier Qualified for the finals in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke at the 2016 Sectionals Personal-best 100 butterfly time of :57.92 Lifetime-best mark of 1:07.36 in the 100 breaststroke Swam for the CSP Tideriders Club Team. Personal: Born on August 1, Mother is Susan Jenner... Her hobbies include horseback riding and baking... Biggest thrill in sports is swimming a best time or winning a meet with her team... List her biggest role model as her mother. CORZINE S CAREER BESTS of 1:02.17 in the 100 fly. ADELAIDE CURRY SENIOR // FREE // OAK PARK, ILL. // FENWICK : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam a personal-best 50 freestyle time of :24.30 at the B1G Championships... Swam a leg on the fifth-fastest 200 freestyle relay team on the season, finishing with a time of 1: Part of the fourth fastest 800 freestyle relay team for the Illini, posting a time of 7: : Academic All-Big Ten... Clocked a personal-best time of in the 50 free and in the 100 free... Also swam a mark : Swam a career-best mark of :24.40 in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships... Posted a career-best time of :53.41 in the 100 free at the Missouri Invitational, while also recording a personal-best reading of 1:57.80 in the 200 free event at the meet. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned six total varsity letters at Fenwick High School, four in swimming and two in water polo... Member of Fenwick High School Swim team that finished 2nd in 2013 and 3rd in 2012, 2014 in the state of Illinois... Member of Fenwick High School Water Polo team that won the 2012 Illinois State championship... Received Academic All-American and Illinois State Scholar honors... Member of National Honors Society. PERSONAL: Born May 3, Parents are Russell Curry and Germaine Caprio... Hobbies include painting and baking... Biggest thrill in sports came from standing on the pool deck at high school state and hearing the dead silence at the start of the race turn into an intense roar as soon as the swimmers dove in... Plans on working in Chicago after finishing school... Her parents most influenced her athletic career by teaching her to never give up. EMMA CURTIS FRESHMAN // FREE // GRAND BLANC, MICH. // GRAND BLANC HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Grand Blanc High School... Two-time MHSAA State Champion in the 50 freestyle... YMCA National Qualifier Finalist... USA Swimming Junior National Qualifier... Member of the Flint Falcons Swimming Club. PERSONAL: Parents are Paishann and Joseph Curtis... Majoring in Kinesiology... Has five siblings, Quentin, Bailey, Jonah, Griffin and Sophie... Lists her hobbies as playing with her dog, watching Netflix and listening to music and dancing... Biggest thrill in sports competing and racing against other girls... Lists her dad as her biggest role model CURRY S CAREER BESTS 50 Free Free Free : Fly :00.92 NATALIE EDWARDS FRESHMAN // FREE / BACK / IM // O FALLON, ILL. // O FALLON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL: Attended O Fallon Township High School... Competed at YMCA Nationals... Illinois High School State Meet competitor PERSONAL: Born December 10, Parents are Rick and Mary Beth Edwards... Majoring in business... Biggest thrill in sports is standing behind the blocks getting ready for her race and hearing everyone cheering... Lists her mom as her biggest role model because she taught her to look for the best in people Club: Flint Y Falcons. REBECCA ECKBLAD JUNIOR // FREE / BACK // GRAND BLANC, MICH. // GRAND BLANC : Academic All-Big Ten : Saw action for the Illini in the 50 and 100 free events... Also competed in the 100 and 200 back events HIGH SCHOOL: YMCA National qualifier... NSCA Junior National qualifier... Personal best 50 freestyle time of : freestyle best of : Top time of :58.20 in 100 backstroke... Best mark of 2:04.62 in the 200 backstroke... USA Swimming ECKBLAD S CAREER BESTS 50 Free Free Back Back Back :07.96 ERIN EMME FRESHMAN // DIVING // LA HABRA, CALIF. // TROY HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Troy High School... Competed at AAU Nationals in both 1 meter and 3 meter events... USA Diving Regional and Zone qualifier... Only been diving for two years... Former gymnast PERSONAL: Mother is Virginia Emme... Father is Ken Hutton... Majoring in Environmental Engineering... Has one brother, Sean Hutton... Biggest thrill in sports is the adrenaline rush of learning a dive or performing a big dive... Lists Nastia Liukin as her biggest role model ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 9

10 THE FIGHTING ILLINI MARY MARGARET FRY SOPHOMORE // BACK / FREE // CINCINNATI, OHIO // SYCAMORE : Posted the ninth-fastest 50 freestyle time on the season For the Illini (:23.98)... Swam a 100 backstroke time of :59.77 at the Missouri Invitational, which placed her 10th on the fastest times of the season... Part of the fifth-fastest 200 freestyle relay team that posted a time of 1:36.86 at the Missouri Invitational... Swam a leg for the third-fastest 800 freestyle relay team, finishing with a time of 7: HIGH SCHOOL: NSCA Junior National Qualifier Four-time swimming letter winner 2015 SW Ohio Sectional Champion in the 100 freestyle Named GMC All-Conference Personalbest 50 freestyle time of :24.19 Lifetime-best mark of :52.78 in the 100 freestyle. PERSONAL: Born on July 1, Parents are Tim and Judy Fry... Has two brothers, Nick and Charlie... Hobbies include running, dogs and hanging out with family... Her biggest thrill in sports was making the podium at Nationals... Lists her mom as her role model because she is a very hard worker. FRY S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free.... 1: Back : Back : Back : Fly : IM : IM :09.96 MOLLY HEIN SOPHOMORE // FLY // HARTLAND, WISC. // ARROWHEAD : Swam a leg for the fourth-fastest 800 freestyle relay team on the season (7:55.63)... Part of the 11th fastest 200 freestyle relay team for the Illini on the season, which finished with a time of 1: HIGH SCHOOL: Lifetime-best 100 butterfly time of :58.27 Personal-best mark of 2:11.74 in the 200 butterfly Four-year swimming letter winner Member of the 2015 State Championship Team and 2013 State Runner-Up Team Second place finish in the 100 butterfly at the 2015 Wisconsin High School Sectional Meet Top-16 finish in the 100 butterfly at the 2015 Wisconsin Division 1 State Meet 2015 All-State in the 200 medley relay 2016 Lake Country Swim team Coach s Award Four-time Lake Country Speedo Sectional team member Eight-time member of Lake Country State team Sister Stephanie was a member of the Fighting Illini from PERSONAL: Born May 19, Parents are Cindy and Rich Hein... Has one older sister, Stephanie, who is a former Illini swimmer... Hobbies include skiing, reading and graffiti art... Lists her biggest thrill in sports as getting her goal time... Lists her biggest role model as her accupuncturist. HEIN S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free : Fly : Fly : ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 10 MONICA GUYETT SOPHOMORE // FREE // ST. CHARLES, ILL. // ST. CHARLES NORTH : Led the Illini in freestyle distance competition all year long... Finished with the three best 1000 freestyle times on the season for the Illini, highlighted by a season-best 10:10.11 time which places her tied for sixth on the school s all-time fastest individuals list... Held the two quickest times in the 1650 freestyle on the season for the team, headlined by her season-best 16:53.90 showing at the Big Ten Championships (eighth on all-time fastest individuals list). HIGH SCHOOL: US Open qualifier USA Swimming Junior National qualifier NCSA Junior National qualifier Four-year varsity letter winner in swimming and water polo Four-time UEC All-Conference honoree IHSA Senior Swimmer of the Year nominee Member of 2015 IHSA third place finishing team Personal-best time of 1:49.94 in the 200 freestyle Lifetime-best of 4:49.24 in the 500 freestyle Top time of 10:08.89 in the 1000 freestyle Top mark of in the 1650 freestyle. PERSONAL: Born October 16, Parents are Ed and Therese Guyett... Has three sisters, Kalli, Nicole and Audrey... Hobbies include reading, watching movies and hanging out with family and friends... Lists her biggest thrill in sports as competing and having fun... Her biggest role models are her parents GUYETT S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free....1: Free : Free : Free : Back :09.87 KAITLYN JOYCE SENIOR // FREE / FLY / BACK // DARIEN, ILL. // BENET ACADEMY : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam a 50 butterfly time of :25.40 at the Big Ten Championships, which places her third on the fastest individuals list... Swam the third-fastest 100 backstroke time for the Illini on the season (:57.60)... Finished with the fourth-fastest 200 backstoke time on the season for the team with a time of 2: Posted the eighth quickest 100 butterfly time for the Illini on the season at : Swam a leg on the third-fastest 400 medley relay team on the season, which finished with a time of 3: : Competed in the 100, 200, 500 and 1000 free events... Also saw action in the back and fly events... Posted the seventh quickest 50 fly time for the Illini on the seaosn at : : Set personal best in the 200 back (2:03.13) at the Big Ten Championships... Owns two spots on the team s top-10 marks list from the season in the 200 back. HIGH SCHOOL: Four time varsity letter winner at Benet Academy... Named high school team captain... Qualified for Illinois High School State Finals and NSCA Junior Nationals... Named Illinois State Scholar... Member of Honor Roll... Received scholar athlete honors. PERSONAL: Born April 22, Parents are David and Leslie Joyce... Has one sister, Meghan... Hobbies include scuba diving, paddle boarding, being outside and being on the water... Biggest thrill in sports comes from winning for the team... Her high school coach, Sarah Maggio, most influenced her athletic career by teaching her how to work hard and that hard work is the key to success. JOYCE S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free.... 1: Free : Free : Back : Back : Back : Fly : Fly : Fly :05.98

11 JAMIE KOLAR SOPHOMORE // BACK // LINCOLNWOOD, ILL. // LOYOLA ACADEMY : Made a huge impact as a freshman, helping to lead the way in the 100 & 200 backstroke... Finished with the top 100 backstroke time on the season for the Illini, placing herself fifth on the team s all-time fastest individuals list (:55.71)... Had the second quickest 200 backstroke time of the season, touching the wall with a time of 2: HIGH SCHOOL: US Open qualifier USA Swimming Junior National qualifier NCSA Junior National qualifier Three-year varsity letter winner in swimming Three-time CCL All-Conference selection Member of the 2014 IHSA state champion team Personal-best 50 backstroke time of :27.01 Lifetime-best time of :56.11 in the 100 backstroke Top mark of 2:01.50 in the 200 backstroke. PERSONAL: Born August 21, Parents are Mike and Anne Kolar... Has a younger sister named Julie... Hobbies include watching movies, paddle boarding and baking... Lists her biggest role model as Missy Franklin. KOLAR S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free : Back : Back : Back : Fly :59.24 MADELINE KUHN JUNIOR // DIVING // BLOOMINGTON, ILL. // UNIVERSITY : Primary diving contributor on the season for the Illini, holding the top dives in one-meter, three-meter and platform competition... Season-best one-meter reading of came against Nebraska... Posted the top three-meter score (276.40) on the season for the Illini at Northwestern : Posted the second-best one-meter five score for the Illini on the season at , which ranks as the ninth-best mark in program history on the event... Season-best three-meter dive reading came at Arkansas (273.45)... Was the only Illini to compete on the platform dive on the season... Posted the fourth-best dive mark in program history. HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time Illinois State qualifier... University High s six- & 11-dive record holder... Leader on the region s all time list... Competed in several US Diving Junior Regional and Zone meets... Qualified for Junior Nationals in plaform diving... Top score of on six dives at one meter... Personal-best score of on 11 dives at one meter... Careerbest score of on nine dives at three meters PERSONAL: Born February 4, Majoring in food science and human nutrition. KATHRYN KOSINSKI SOPHOMORE // FREE / FLY // FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS // FRIENDSWOOD : Contributed in short distance freestyle, back, butterfly and individual medley events... Swam a season-best : freestyle at the Missouri Invitational... Part of the fifth-fastest 200 freestyle relay team on the season for the Illini (1:36.86). HIGH SCHOOL: NCSA Junior National qualifier 2015 Region champion in 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay 2015 Second-Team All-State in four events Personal-best 50 freestyle time of :23.93 Lifetime-best 100 freestyle time of :51.49 Top mark of :26.76 in the 50 butterfly Top time of :58.64 in the 100 butterfly. PERSONAL: Born March 27, Parents are Paul and Lisa Kosinski... Has one sister, Kelly... Lists hobbies as watching TV and traveling... Biggest thrill in sports is competing for her team... Lists her biggest role model as her parents. KOSINSKI S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Back : Fly : IM :01.89 LAUREN LAPETER FRESHMAN // DIVING // ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. // ST. PETERSBURG : One of three divers to compete on the season for the Illini... Earned a season-best one-meter score of against Arkansas... Posted her top three-meter reading against SIU & ISU, finishing with a score of HIGH SCHOOL: Joins the Illinois squad from St. Petersburg, Florida Three-year varsity letter winner Two-time Florida State qualifier St. Petersburg High School six-dive record holder Level 5 and 6 gymnastics State champion. PERSONAL: Born March 5, Parents are Leonora LaPeter Anton and Brian LaPeter... Lists her biggest thrill in sports as flipping through the air... Her biggest role model is her mom. KUHN S CAREER BESTS One-meter Three-meter Platform LAPETER S CAREER BESTS One-meter Three-meter ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 11

12 THE FIGHTING ILLINI on the season AUTUMN LEDGIN JUNIOR // BACK / FREE // BOCA RATON, FLA. // GRANDVIEW PREP : Contributed mostly in distance freestyle events... Finished with the eighth-fastest 1650 freestyle time on the season (18:23.57)... Swam the tenth-fastest 1000 freestyle time on the season for the Illini, finishing with a time of 11: : Saw action for the Illini in the 100, 200, 500, 1000, 1650 free events... Also compete in the 100 and 200 back events... Posted the fifth and sixth fastest 1650 free times for Illinois HIGH SCHOOL: Florida High School State qualifier... Top 500 freestyle time of 5: freestyle best mark of 11: Recorded a personal-best mark of 1:01.89 in the 100 backstroke... Owns a personal-best time of 2:12.64 in the 200 backstroke... USA Swimming Club: Saint Andrews Swimming PERSONAL: Born October 24, Majoring in civil engineering. LEDGIN S CAREER BESTS 100 Free : Free : Free : Free : Free : Back : Back : Back :12.29 EMILY MARTIN SOPHOMORE // FREE / FLY // MASON CITY, ILL. // ILLINI CENTRAL : Finished with the sixth-fastest 1000 freestyle time on the season for the Illini (10:33.74)... Posted a season-best 1650 freestyle time of 17:06.97 at the Missouri Invitational, which placed her fifth on the fastest times on the season... Swam the seventh-fastest 400 individual medley time for the Illini on the season (4:32.45) HIGH SCHOOL: USA Swimming Junior National qualifier NCSA Junior National qualifier Four-year letter winner Three-time IHSA State qualifier Mesa Grand Prix qualifier Personal-best 200 freestyle time of 1:53.66 Lifetime-best time of 4:56.17 in the 500 freestyle Top mark of 10:03.29 in the 1000 freestyle Best 1650 freestyle time of 16:38.50 Personal-best 200 butterfly time of 2:04.96 Top 400 individual medley time of 4: PERSONAL: Born on December 23, Parents are Kirk and Tammy Martin... Has two siblings, Abby and Carter... List of hobbies include reading and spending time with friends and family... Biggest thrill in sports is setting and achieving her goals and being relentless every day in practice. MARTIN S CAREER BESTS 1000 Free : Free : IM :32.45 JIMENA MARTINEZ FRESHMAN // BREAST / IM // MEXICO CITY, MEXICO // CREAN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Crean Luther High School PERSONAL: Born January 30, Parents are Maribel Lopez Zambrano and Jaime Martinez Lopez... Undeclared on a major... Biggest thrill in sports is the feeling of being called to the blocks and the moment of waiting between then and getting into the pool... Lists her mom as her biggest role model FIONA MCDERMOTT SOPHOMORE // BREAST / FREE PALOS, ILL. // LINCOLN-WAY EAST : Swam the tenth-fastest 200 individual medley time for the Illini on the season (2:07.35)... Finished with the fifthquickest 400 individual medley time on the season for the time, touching the wall in 4: Swam anchor for the tenth-fastest 200 freestyle relay team for the Illini on the season (1:39.72) HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time JCSA Junior National qualifier Lifetime-best time of 2:07.95 in the 200 individual medley Personal-best reading of 1:07.52 in the 100 breaststroke Top mark of 5:08.83 in the 500 freestyle Four-year varsity swimming letterwinner School record holder in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:06.02 Three-time All-Conference selection Named All-State Three-time IHSA State qualifier Three older sisters, Darragh, Callan and Sloane, who have all swam or dove for the Fighting Illini. PERSONAL: Born on February 13, Parents are John and Laurie McDermott... Has three sisters, Darragh, Callan and Sloane... Hobbies include biking, reading and hanging out with friends... Her biggest role model is her parents because they taught her to persevere through obstacles. MCDERMOTT S CAREER BESTS 100 Breast... 1: Breast... 2: IM... 2: IM... 4:32.06 MICHELLE MCCORD FRESHMAN // BACK / BREAST / IM // CANTON, GA. // CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Creekview High School PERSONAL: Born August 10, Parents are Michael and Beth McCord... Majoring in Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering... Has one sibling, Caitlyn... Lists her favorite hobbies as playing with dogs and listening to music... Biggest thrill in sports is going faster than expected at a meet and making the team and coaches proud with every swim... Lists Bethany Galat as her biggest role model because of her academic and athletic excellence ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 12

13 THE FIGHTING ILLINI SASCHA MEYERS SENIOR // FREE / FLY // DEARBORN, MICH. // DEARBORN : Part of the ninth-fastest 200 freestyle relay team for the Illini on the season, posting a time of 1:38.71 against MSU and Marshall... Swam a leg on the sixth-fastest 400 medley relay team at Northwestern to help finish with a time of 3: : Posted the seventh quickest 100 free time for the Illini on the season with a reading of at the Big Ten Championships... Competed in the 100, 200, 500 and 1000 free events for Illinois on the season... Also saw action in the 100 and 200 fly : Set personal bests in the 200 free (1:50.85) and 200 fly (2:03.13) at the Missouri Invite... Member of the 800 free relay squad that posted the ninth-best time in Illinois history at the Missouri Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time varsity letter winner at Dearborn High School... Received 2011 All-State honors in 100 Free and 200 Free... Named Scholastic All-American in Competed at 2013 USA Swimming Junior National Championships in 100 Fly, 100 Free and 200 Free... State high point winner in PERSONAL: Born January 10, Parents are John and Veronica Meyers... Majoring in animal science... Biggest thrill in sports comes from the adrenaline rush she gets when she is leading the group or battling for the top seed... Plans to become a large animal vet after finishing school... Her parents have most influenced her athletic career by influencing her to learn to swim and then later encouraging her to compete at a collegiate level. MEYERS CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free : Free : Free : Fly : Fly :02.65 ABY OLSON JUNIOR // BACK / FLY // LOVES PARK, ILL. // BOYLAN CATHOLIC : Academic All-Big Ten... Finished with the thirdfastest 100 butterfly time on the season, touching the wall in :55.25 at the Orange & Blue Intra-Squad Meet... Posted the eighth-fastest 100 backstroke time for the Illini on the season with a time of : : Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Illinois High School State qualifier... USA Swimming Winter Junior National qualifier... NSCA Junior National qualifier... Finished third in the 100 backstroke her season season at the Illinois High School State meet... Personal-best time of :55.96 in the 100 backstroke butterfly top-time of :58.91 PERSONAL: Born on June 20, Majoring in kinesiology. showing in school history : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam a personal-best :51.35 in the 100 freestyle at the Missouri Invitational... Career-best time 100 backstroke time of :57.84 at the Missouri Invitational, which was the fifth-fastest time for the Illini in the event... Team-best 100 breaststroke time of 1:02.84, placing her fifth on the all-time fastest individuals list... Posted the fifthfastest 200 breaststroke time for the Illini on the season (2:16.84)... Swam the second leg on the 200 medley relay team that finished with a time of 1:40.81 at the Big Ten Championships, which was the second-fastest : Became the 10th-fastest individual in the 50 back in Illinois history with a time of at the Big Challenge, which was the fourth-fastest time in the event for the Illini on the season... Registered the fourth-fastest 50 breast time for the Illini on the year with a mark of Posted the third-fastest 100 breast time for Illinois on the season at 1:03.00, which also ranks her as the sixth-fastest indivdual in the event in school history... Recorded the fourth-fastest 50 fly time for Illinois on the year, clocking at Became the sixth-fastest individual in the 200 IM in program history with a time of 2:02.52 at the Big Ten Championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time IHSA State qualifier... NSCA Junior National qualifier... USA Swimming Winter National qualifier... Finished first in the 200 freestyle relay, second in the 200 IM, second in the 200 medley relay and fourth in the 400 freestyle relay for the runner-up team at the 2014 IHSA State Championships... Placed first in the 200 medley relay and sixth in the 200 IM at the 2013 IHSA State Championships... Career-best time of :24.61 in the 50 freestyle and :52.92 in the 100 freestyle... Lifetime best of 1:05.21 in the 200 breaststroke IM personal best is 2: PERSONAL: Born on November 1, 1996 HALEY NELSON SOPHOMORE // BACK / FREE // LAKE FOREST, ILL. // LAKE FOREST : Swam the ninth-fastest 100 backstroke time of the season for the Illini against MSU and Marshall, finishing with a time of : Part of the 200 medley relay team that finished in a time of 1:47.33 at the Orange & Blue scrimmage, which placed eighth-fastest on the season for the Illini HIGH SCHOOL: USA Swimming Junior National qualifier NCSA Junior National qualifier Four-time swimming varsity letter winner Winter Speedo Junior Nationals qualifier Junior Nationals 800 freestyle relay champion Finished eighth in the 100 backstroke at the 2015 IHSA State Finals Member of the Illinois state record-breaking 400 free relay team Personal-best time of :24.33 in the 50 freestyle Lifetime best of :52.31 in the 100 freestyle Top mark of 1:50.83 achieved in the 200 freestyle 500 freestyle top time of 5:00.07 Top 100 backstroke time of :55.83 Personal best of 2:02.33 in the 200 backstroke. PERSONAL: Born on January 19, Parents are Greg and Melissa Nelson... Has one brother, Andy... List of hobbies include listening to Lana Del Rey and cleaning... Biggest thrill in sports is beating someone who she thought she could not beat... Lists her biggest role models as Lebron James and Kyrie Irving. NELSON S CAREER BESTS 100 back :59.49 GABRIELLE SERNIUTE JUNIOR // BREAST / FREE / IM // DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. // DOWNERS GROVE NORTH OLSON S CAREER BESTS 100 Fly : Back...:58.86 SERNIUTE S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free...: Back...: Back...: Breast...: Breast...1: Breast...2: Fly...: IM...2: IM...4: ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 13

14 THE FIGHTING ILLINI SAMANTHA STRATFORD SENIOR // IM / FLY / BREAST / FREE // CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO // CENTENNIAL CVI : Competed against Team USA in the USA College Challenge... Held the three fastest times in the 400 individual medley on the season for the Illini... Led the team with a 100 freestyle time of :49.33, which places her second on the fastest individuals list and sixth on the fastest performances list freestyle time qualified for the NCAA B Cut... School-record showing at the Missouri Invitational, finishing with a 200 individual medley time of 1: Swam the seven fastest 200 individual medley times for the Illini on the season... Swam anchor on the school-record setting 800 freestyle relay team that finished with a time of 7:12.50 at the Big Ten Championships... Helped 400 medley relay team earn a school record time of 3:41.73 at the Big Ten Championships... Part of the second-fastest 400 freestyle relay team in school history (3:21.39) Contributed to 200 medley relay time of 1:40.81, which placed second-fastest in school history : 2016 Canadian Olympic competitor... Big Ten Co-Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 28, 2015)... Owned the top individual time for the Illini on the season in five events (200 free, 200 fly, 100 IM, 200 IM and 400 IM)... Set the school record in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1: Posted the school record in the 100 IM at the Dual Meet Spectacular with a mark of Registered the school record time of 1:59.69 in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships... On the Arc Pool record setting 400 Medley 4x100 IM relay team that posted a time of 3: Set the ARC Pool record in the 200 IM at the Orange and Blue Exhibition (2:04.09)... Part of the 400 free relay school record setting team that posted a time of 3:21.08 at the Big Ten Championships... Second-fastest individual in the 200 free with a tim of 1: Posted the top three times for the Illini in the 400 IM on the season, including a top mark of 4: Part of the Illini 800 free relay unit that posted the second-fastest time in school history (7:14.31) : Four Individual performances that rank on the school s all-time top 10 fastest individuals list... Part of a school record time (7:13.98) in the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships... Swam a 1:03.00 in the 100 breast at the Missouri Invite to place her third on the school s all time fastest individuals list... Ranked fifth on the list in the 200 breast with a time of 2:15.41 at the Missouri Invite... Swam the third fastest 200 IM with a time of 2:01.72 at the Missouri Invite... Placed fifth on the fastest individuals list in the 400 IM with a time of 4:22.01 at the Missouri Invite... Earned UI s first ever Big Ten Freshman of the Week award on November 18. STRATFORD S CAREER BESTS 100 Free Free : Free : Free : Fly Fly Fly...1: IM IM...1: IM...4: Breast...1: Breast...2:15.41 MEGAN VUONG JUNIOR // FLY / FREE // MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO // RICK HANSEN : Academic All-Big Ten... Swam a personal-best 50 freestyle time of :23.56, which was the fourth-best time in the event for the Illini... Swam a season-best : butterfly time, making her the fifth fastest individual in school history... Part of fastest 200 freestyle relay team that swam a 1:32.76 at the Big Ten Championships... Swam a leg on the fastest 200 medley relay (1:40.81) and 400 medley relay (3:41.73) teams for the season : 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials competitor... Big Ten Freshman of the week (Oct. 28)... Owned two times on the season best list in the 100 free, including a mark of Time of 1:50.60 in the 200 free ranked in the top-10 times for Illinois on the season... Ranks as the fourth-fastest individual in the 100 fly for Illinois with a time of Became the ninth-fastest individual in Illinois history in the 200 fly with a time of 2:02.05 at the Big Ten Championships... Part of the 800 free relay team that posted the second-fastest time in program history at the Big Ten Championships (7:14.31). HIGH SCHOOL: Canadian Senior National Qualifier Canadian Pan-American Games Trials qualifier... Lifetime best performances of :26.42 in the 50 freestyle, :57.66 in the 100 freestyle and 2:04.00 in the 200 freestyle.. personal-best times of 1:02.36 in the 100 butterfly and 2:17.21 VUONG S CAREER BESTS 50 Free : Free : Free : Back : Fly : Fly :02.05 MORGAN YOUNG SOPHOMORE // DIVING // WHEATON, ILL. // WHEATON WARRENVILLE SOUTH : Posted her top one-meter diving score of against Nebraska... Scored in three-meter diving competition at home against SIU and ISU, which was her top mark on the season HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year diving letterwinner Holds the Wheaton Co-Op 11-dive record at State qualifier and went on to place 15th 2014 trampoline national champion Member of the Wheaton Warrenville South Athletic Leadership council. PERSONAL: Born April 2, Parents are Jeff and Desiray Young... Has two siblings, Matt and Ryan... Her favorite hobbies include hanging out with friends, watching netflix and being outside... Lists her biggest thrill in sports as learning a new dive and doing it well the first time. YOUNG S CAREER BESTS One-meter Three-meter ILLINOIS SWIMMING & DIVING // 14